I see people that have dedicated boxen to be a router/firewall. What is the advantage of this over having say, a linksys BEFSR1 and a personal firewall? Just wondering. Please clarify, are you talking ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

I got a new router (Asus) because my old one is getting flaky and requiring frequent reboots. My problem is, I have one desktop that connects via wifi and I can't get it to see the SSIDs of the new ...

Ethernet ports are often in short supply. If you run low, a cheap device lets you add more to your existing router without ...

The various Ethernet ports on your router can serve different purposes, depending on the model. Thankfully, it's not hard to discern what they're for.

Next to the row of WAN and LAN ports on the back of most routers, you'll often find a USB port. Unless you've read through your router's manual or experimented yourself, you may not know what it's ...